What a great episode!! A pair of bumbling robbers kidnap Lady Felicia and Mrs. McCarthy after a shootout on a train. So much fun!
Knocking points off for the casting. A famous opera diva (black) had adopted two children (white). Seriously??? Efforts to make things diverse and politically correct are as ridiculous as ever. Chances of a black woman being a famous opera singer in the fifties are pretty slim. Fat chance she adopts two white children. Also, her fifth husband is white. Ridiculous!!
Anyway, the Chief Inspector is as obnoxious as he always is and, as ever, clueless. He makes no effort to detect before arresting someone for the murder. His sidekick is a much better investigator.
Lady Felicia and Mrs. McCarthy squabble with each other while Father Brown searches for clues. Mrs. McCarthy instructs the bungling robbers on spelling and grammar and makes lunch for them all.
Naturally, Father Brown figures out who the real murderer is. The victim seems to be deserving of death. As always, there is a lot of religious.malarky inserted which really does nothing to advance the plot.
Jolly nice to see Lady Felicia back. Wish she had never left.
Knocking points off for the casting. A famous opera diva (black) had adopted two children (white). Seriously??? Efforts to make things diverse and politically correct are as ridiculous as ever. Chances of a black woman being a famous opera singer in the fifties are pretty slim. Fat chance she adopts two white children. Also, her fifth husband is white. Ridiculous!!
Anyway, the Chief Inspector is as obnoxious as he always is and, as ever, clueless. He makes no effort to detect before arresting someone for the murder. His sidekick is a much better investigator.
Lady Felicia and Mrs. McCarthy squabble with each other while Father Brown searches for clues. Mrs. McCarthy instructs the bungling robbers on spelling and grammar and makes lunch for them all.
Naturally, Father Brown figures out who the real murderer is. The victim seems to be deserving of death. As always, there is a lot of religious.malarky inserted which really does nothing to advance the plot.
Jolly nice to see Lady Felicia back. Wish she had never left.